Inês Adriano

Shooting new faces, is one of those double-edged sword situations for me.

On one hand, they require more time to shoot and the resulting images aren’t usually the most striking ones. But on the other hand, I’m always curious to meet the faces with potential to be tomorrow’s big names in this industry.

Now, this is obviously a general remark, which means, it can be unfair to some new faces. I get that, but if I'm being really honest, there’s no other way to put it. And as the saying goes “every rule, has its exception”.

And then, in the middle of this double-edged sword situation of evaluating new faces, every once in a while, there’s one of those cases that grabs your attention, though you can’t clearly explain why. Inês Adriano was one of those cases and since I’m writing this, I guess I need to put it in words. Truth is, every time I saw photos of her on my feed, I thought to myself that if she was standing in front of my camera, I would know exactly what to do. And so, I decided to follow my instinct.

When we started exchanging messages and talking about what she was looking for, the type of photos she liked, what she liked/didn’t like about being a model and so on, I started to realise that she’s wasn't just another cute looking girl.

On set, we started with a plain black background, to test her expressions. And that’s when I knew my instinct was correct. She played, she wasn’t afraid of trying different expressions or poses, she showed a notable willing to learn, but above all, she was having fun!

If KAEOT was still active, I would say she’s someone to keep and eye on!